ST PAUL, MN: $39.4M on 80,168 FEC receipts

ST PAUL is not SAINT PAUL

Eighty thousand one hundred sixty-eight lines produce $39,406,084. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $492. SAINT PAUL, MN is a different city string on this extract: $34,743,120 across 145,753 contributions. Filers typed two labels. LobbyVault indexed two hubs. Do not add the pairs.

Minneapolis is a third Minnesota city string. It is not inside $39,406,084 unless the filer typed ST PAUL. Ramsey County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Abbreviation is the stored key

FEC.gov stored the city that appeared on the itemized receipt. ST PAUL plus MN is this match. Expanding it to Saint Paul, or merging both spellings, would be a recode. This packet publishes $39,406,084 and 80,168 lines for ST PAUL only.

Office addresses can share the city field. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 80,168 lines are receipts, not unique persons. Recheck both facts on the live hub after a later extract.

City field versus ZIP pages

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Twin Cities ZIPs will not reproduce $39,406,084, because some receipts used MINNEAPOLIS, SAINT PAUL, or another label.

The 80,168-line count follows the ST PAUL city field, not the postal map and not an employer field.

What this table omits

Minnesota state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts sit outside $39,406,084 and outside 80,168. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

Nothing here estimates how St. Paul voted. Occupation and recipient live on other FEC fields. Use the city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index.

Citing ST PAUL, MN

Name FEC.gov, name the abbreviated contributor city ST PAUL, and print $39,406,084 with 80,168 together. Do not substitute the SAINT PAUL pair. That hub is $34,743,120 on 145,753 lines.

If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named ST PAUL receipt matters.

How to use the ST PAUL hub without merging spellings

Start on the live ST PAUL city page for the abbreviated spelling. $39,406,084 is this snapshot’s dollar total. 80,168 is the matching line count. SAINT PAUL is a different hub: $34,743,120 across 145,753 lines. Those four numbers are packet facts. They are not a combined capital-city total. Minneapolis is a third Minnesota city string. Ramsey County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up. A mean near $492 on this hub is only $39,406,084 divided by 80,168. The spelled-out hub’s mean near $238 is $34,743,120 divided by 145,753. Neither mean is a typical household gift. Occupation, recipient, and party live on other FEC fields. Do not infer turnout from either spelling. Do not report “St. Paul” as a merged figure.

Cite the abbreviated pair in one sentence: contributor city ST PAUL, MN, $39,406,084, 80,168 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. If you matched the spelled-out string, use that hub instead. If a later extract on the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original filings remain on FEC.gov. Minnesota non-federal filings never enter either fact. Unitemized federal gifts never enter either fact. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations never enter either fact. 80,168 is not a unique-donor census. Quote $39,406,084 with 80,168 when the typed city was ST PAUL. ZIP pages split a different field. Twin Cities language does not replace the city field.

ST PAUL’s pair on this extract is $39,406,084 and 80,168 lines, mean near $492. Print the abbreviated city with both numbers. SAINT PAUL is $34,743,120 across 145,753 lines on a different hub. Minneapolis remains a third Minnesota string. Ramsey County is orientation. Minnesota state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Repeat givers can inflate 80,168 without adding unique persons. The live ST PAUL FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge. Open FEC.gov for a named receipt. Quote contributor city ST PAUL, MN with both packet numbers. Do not merge the two spellings into one capital-city total. Keep the abbreviation ST PAUL in the citation; do not silently expand it.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for ST PAUL federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city ST PAUL, MN total $39,406,084 across 80,168 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count. SAINT PAUL is a separate hub. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Is ST PAUL the same as SAINT PAUL on FEC.gov?

No. This packet’s ST PAUL, MN key is $39,406,084 across 80,168 lines. SAINT PAUL, MN is $34,743,120 across 145,753 lines. Filers typed different strings. LobbyVault does not merge them. Repeat gifts can add rows on either hub. Neither packet publishes a unique-donor figure.

Does ST PAUL’s total include Minneapolis?

No, unless the filer typed ST PAUL. Minneapolis and SAINT PAUL are separate city hubs. $39,406,084 is the ST PAUL, MN match. The 80,168 lines follow the same rule. Twin Cities and county labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

How current is ST PAUL’s $39,406,084 figure?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $39,406,084 and 80,168 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Minnesota non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.